XP not dead: Navy to continue to use XP for 3 more years...

Executioner · Post by **Executioner** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:15 pm

and pays out millions to MS.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-navy-pa ... YHFb1d24ec

The US Navy has agreed to pay Microsoft at least $9m to help secure computers running Windows XP after it failed to replace the aged OS before support ended.

The deal will see Microsoft provide critical hotfixes and software patches for Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003 and Server 2003 for a maximum of three years.

The navy runs a number of "legacy applications" that require Windows XP, which it is in the process of replacing.

revo1059 · Post by **revo1059** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:36 pm

Interesting (and kinda sad) I wonder if only the USN will have access to the updates. Also, does it include patches to IE8?

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 1:43 pm

ANY corporation can pay for extended support for XP. I'm sure it'll get much more expensive as time goes on.

Also, my guess is Navy's version is that special secure military flavor of XP and not off the shelf XP, but who knows?

I was at Sam's Club the other day renewing my membership, and the customer service desk PCs are still running XP.